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dol·drums
dol drmz
词根:doleful
adj.doleful 寂寞的;悲哀的;阴沉的;忧郁的
plural noun
a spell of listlessness or despondency
fighting off the winter doldrums
often capitalized oceanography a part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms (see calm entry 1 sense 1b), squalls, and light shifting winds
a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump
out of the economic doldrums
到1803年,“情绪低落,忧郁,沮丧”,口语中,可能来自 dulled, dull(v.)的过去分词,意为 " 使(某人)变得迟钝",结尾可能模仿 tantrum。
DEAR girl, from noise and London city,
I'm here among the blithe and witty;
Where young and old, from ev'ry clime,
Like adepts, learn to murder Time!
If you've the doldrums or ennui,
Forsake the town and come to me.
[from "A Marine Picture" in The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1802, London, 1803]
亲爱的女孩,远离嘈杂的伦敦城,
我在这里与欢乐和机智为伴;
年轻人和老年人,来自各个地方,
像专家一样学会了消磨时间!
如果你感到情绪低落或倦怠,
离开城市来找我吧。
[摘自1802年《公共期刊之灵》的《海军画像》,伦敦,1803年]
引申义,指航行的船只“处于无风状态,无法前进”,始见于1824年。这在航海用语中扩展到赤道附近的海域,这些海域充满了无风、风暴和轻微的阻碍风(1848年),以及这些地区的天气特征。 “显然是由于误解了‘情绪低落’这个短语,将状态视为地点”[OED]。
probably akin to Old English dol foolish
The first known use of doldrums was in 1765
dollhousenoun
a child's small toy house
dollarnoun
a coin (as a Spanish peso) similar to an earlier German silver coin
a basic unit of money (as of the U.S. and Canada)
a coin or bill representing one dollar
dollnoun
a small figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
a pretty young woman
an attractive person
dolefuladjective
full of grief : sad
expressing grief
dolefuladjective
full of grief : sad
expressing grief
dolefuladjective
full of grief : sad
expressing grief
dolefuladjective
full of grief : sad
expressing grief
dole1 of 2noun
a giving out of food, money, or clothing to the needy
something given out as charity
dole2 of 2verb
to give out as charity
to give or deliver in small portions : parcel—usually used with out
doldrumsplural noun
a spell of low spirits
a part of the ocean near the equator known for its calms
a state in which nothing seems to be going on
business is in the doldrums
1 This comic tale of marital doldrums is a demonstration of Apatow’s signature generosity as a director: he loves actors, he loves improvisation, he loves being on set.
2 The RealReal has established a new assurance of luxury fashion resale value beyond the doldrums of eBay, but building a brand on reselling what’s real leaves no room for user error.
3 South Koreans feel their country is rising from the doldrums.
南韩人感到他们的国家正从经济低潮中回升.
4 In 2009, when much of the market was still in the doldrums, prices for the top ten auctioned carpets started at $128, 500.
2009年,当多数艺术市场惨淡低迷时,最好的十张地毯的起拍价为128500美元。
5 It’s not winter doldrums that get to me, but sobering, practical realities.
6 Wages are in the doldrums for all lower-skilled workers; stable work hours and savings accounts will remain a luxury for many of them.
7 Now and then "Silver" does hits some swells and doldrums while navigating a roiling plot.
8 The bubble's collapse, beginning 20 years ago this December, led to almost two decades of economic doldrums.
泡沫在20年前的12月开始破灭,带来了近二十年的经济低潮。
9 "Depression doldrums are a vicious cycle," Kaslow explains.
“抑郁症的低落情绪就是一个邪恶的怪圈,”Kaslow解释到。
10 But “The Nut Job” is still better than any animated film released in the doldrums of January has a right to be.
11 The sale was a far cry from the doldrums of the last few years, when anything more than $5 million was a rarity.
12 The whole office felt emptied out, ready for the doldrums of summer.
13 A new album catches fire at the dawn of a new year and dominates the Billboard chart throughout the winter doldrums, helped by insatiable fan demand and a shortfall of competition.
14 The suffrage movement was entering a phase that many historians refer to as “the doldrums.”
15 What is the Song of the Summer if not an arbitrary and unofficial award created to drum up content amidst the doldrums of the Silly Season on sites like this one?
16 Despite these measures, the economy remains in the doldrums .
尽管采取了这些措施,经济仍然停滞不前。
17 He's been in the doldrums ever since his wife left him.
自从他妻子离开以来,他一直很消沉.
18 "People came and they were so in the doldrums," Dixie said.
19 Recently, trade appeared to be in the doldrums.
近来商业一片萧条。
20 "We need a great movie to get us out of the box office doldrums."
2 沉闷
cold heavy soft dull pudding tame dismal soggy dreary tiresome broody ponderous stifling leaden lumpish cheerless draggy triste atrabilious mid-victorian grum heavily oppression tedium tameness
3 郁闷
depressing depressive morose mirthless disconsolate dump vapour languor close sour weary gloom closeness dullness
4 意气消沉
despondent badly depressed droopy desponding spleen droop despondency dysthymia be in the doldrums
5 停滞
-stasis retention stagnate ossify static stationary stagnant stagnation standstill stasis dead hiatus stand
7 消沉
despondent slump collapse sag droop depress demoralize low downhearted blue downbeat depression mortify out of spirits
9 没精打采
dead-alive heartless seedy listless slouchy feckless washed-out Muzzy low-spirited hip lazy lethargize
10 沮丧
chap-fallen blue flat rough beaten gloomy sombre despondent droopy downcast crestfallen heartsick despond dumps horror chill disappointment damp dismay gloom dejection comedown let-down cafard megrim depress oppress dishearten appal dispirit deject root dash piss droop bring low get a down in a funk the dismals cast down
11 忧郁
black blue dark depressed lowering somber melancholic pensive rueful doleful cheerless vapor gloom desolation mope dumps hypochondria darken blue devils triste heavy minor lonely miserable grim melancholy dismal gloomy morbid sombre downbeat droopy baleful lugubrious liverish blues shadow spleen cafard megrim cloud the dismals grey glum mirthless disconsolate get down die-away yellow oppressive dreary dusky plaintive dumpy hipped black-faced languishing saturnine atrabilious vapourish mopish grum adust spleenful dumpish nagrams nerve oppression hump sullen tristesse mulligrubs overcloud hip sober hyp black dog atrabiliar down funky rhino bleak feral rosewater joyless humpy tristful bringdown hippish mokers depression dump blah blackness dejection blueness dinge depress off feed
12 无生气
slow dead wooden dusty sterile sleepy lifeless arid lackluster inanimate bloodless vapid sodden insensate amort devitalize limp drab dour anaemic Podunk weak inert aseptic insipid pallid lethargy deadness inanimation thewless thowless slumbery passive faint bland glazed soulless flabby desiccated gutless unfired cut-and-dried fireless slumberous insentient unenlivened undynamic unlively uneager thieveless unvital vegetably flatness vapidity cut and dried
13 忧闷